Re: Install kde-desktop on existing debian install
Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> writes:
> On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 11:22:02 -0500
> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Harry,
>
>> Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> writes:
>> > Which is known as a meta package. It's a shorthand way of pulling in
>> > (in this case) lots of other packages. The full KDE suite, in
>> > fact.
>> OK, I was alarmed to see:
>> dpkg -L kde-full
>> /usr
>> /usr/share
>> /usr/share/doc
>> /usr/share/doc/kde-full
>> /usr/share/doc/kde-full/changelog.gz
>> /usr/share/doc/kde-full/copyright
>> Not much to work with there.
>
> True. The 'meat' though, is what kde-full depends on. It's a whole
> load of stuff. Most people will probably never use it all. IMO, it's
> far simpler to install the packages you want, which will pull in any
> necessary dependencies.
How do you suggest I proceed then? Try to remove KDE-full and start
over with smaller packages? If so which are the necessary ones to
have a functioning desktop.
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